Beta testing has become a much more public affair over the last several years, likely jump started by the infamous and long-lived Gmail beta. Companies that open their beta products to the public tend to release much more polished, stable betas than those who don't, making the beta more of a public preview than… »12/04/12 12:30pm 12/04/12 12:30pm

Is it worth it to live on the cutting edge of every beta, running the dev build of your browser, the pre-release version of your operating system, or first to grab a brand new gadget? Sure, it sounds great, and it's tempting to think that new is obviously better, but when function is paramount, it may not be worth it… »8/27/12 10:00am 8/27/12 10:00am

Click to view Firefox only: Update: This post was originally written for Firefox 3 Beta, but it also works with the latest release of Firefox. If you've taken the plunge into testing the brand new Firefox 3 beta but your favorite extensions are disabled, that's because developers haven't updated them and may not be… »2/13/08 8:32am 2/13/08 8:32am